{"id":2228,"date":"2025-12-31T07:51:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:51:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/?p=2228"},"modified":"2025-12-31T07:51:19","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T07:51:19","slug":"vespa-life-with-phoenix-looking-back-at-2025-rolling-into-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/12\/31\/vespa-life-with-phoenix-looking-back-at-2025-rolling-into-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Vespa Life with Phoenix \u2014 Looking Back at 2025, Rolling into 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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2025 has been a year shaped by small roads, early starts, and the quiet satisfaction that only a Vespa ride can bring. Life with Phoenix \u2014 my orange Vespa GTS 300 \u2014 hasn\u2019t been about chasing extremes or ticking boxes. It\u2019s been about choosing to go, even when it would be easier not to.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There were rides for no reason other than the ride itself. Coffee stops that turned into conversations. Cold mornings that warmed up once the engine settled into its rhythm. And moments where slowing down revealed more than rushing ever could. Vespa life has a way of doing that \u2014 it strips things back and reminds you that freedom doesn\u2019t have to be loud to be real.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix has been central to that rhythm. Reliable, characterful, and quietly capable, she\u2019s carried me through the year with a sense of purpose that feels increasingly rare in modern life. Every mile added something \u2014 not just to the odometer, but to the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As 2026 begins, that story continues with something I\u2019m genuinely looking forward to: the Vespa Club of Great Britain<\/strong> AGM at Weston-super-Mare<\/strong>. A ride-out to start the year, followed by a proper social evening, feels like exactly the right way to set the tone. It\u2019s about community, shared enthusiasm, and the simple pleasure of being among people who understand why these machines matter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s no grand resolution for the year ahead. Just more riding, more learning, and more moments worth remembering. If 2025 was about proving that a Vespa can still anchor a meaningful way of life, then 2026 is about leaning into that truth with confidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phoenix is ready.
And so am I.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hope isn’t what they promise you. It’s how you carry on when they don\u2019t deliver.<\/strong> \u2014 Dave Carrera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From everyday rides to meaningful miles, 2025 confirmed why Vespa life matters. With Phoenix ready and a new year ahead, 2026 begins on the road to Weston-super-Mare.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2229,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[290,301],"tags":[358,355,265],"class_list":["post-2228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-vespa-phoenix-gts-300","tag-happy-new-year","tag-journey","tag-vespa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/ChatGPT-Image-Dec-31-2025-07_21_30-AM.png","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2228"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2230,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2228\/revisions\/2230"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/davesphoto.co.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}